{"product_id":"2940013716766","title":"The Ultimate Fiction Thesaurus (a creative writing study in the tradition of the elements of style)","description":"There are a thousand ways to say something and at least a few hundred to express it well. This is not simply another thesaurus but a writing lesson which aims to shave a year off of your creative development. This is a bold objective but as you go over these devices, in this brief but powerful tutorial, it will train you to think like a novelist. Let's see how this works:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst we start with a character description: Bill has grey hair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a fine description, and certainly direct, but let's flex our muscles a little more:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBill's hair is salted with grey.\u003cbr\u003eBill's hair is frosted with age.\u003cbr\u003eBill's hair is threaded with silver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow try these concept words on your own: peppered, streaked, flecked, weeded\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can immediately see the limitations of a traditional thesaurus; they are helpful at supplying literal equivalents, such as charcoal for grey, but frequently miss the finer nuances of language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the inspirational support most books offer, I can assure you that two things, and only two, are guaranteed to improve your writing. These are reading and the act of writing itself. This is a small but unique 'literary thesaurus' that bridges the gap of reading by taking common descriptive devices and words and places them into usable categories that will serve as a ready toolbox for your own writing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis lesson is ideal for beginning and intermediate fiction writers and is approximately thirteen pages in length.","brand":"4 Boys Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079925055728,"sku":"2940013716766","price":1.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013716766_p0.jpg?v=1763584742","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013716766","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}